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    Linux terminal users be like (sh.itjust.works)
    submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
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    [–] Interstellar_1 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What does that do?

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Delete until start of line. So essentially equivalent to spamming backspace a bunch.

    [–] goodnessme 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    It deletes all keystrokes that have been entered. So, if you know you made a typo when entering your password, you don't have to press backspace many times to make sure you have deleted all the characters before starting over but you can just press ctrl+u and start over.

    [–] Interstellar_1 1 points 2 years ago

    ah neat, thanks.